Did you know that Earle Hyman’s cousin is famous 80’s R&B singer?

– Russel Huxtable actor, Earle Hyman is the cousin of R&B singer Phyllis Hyman, famous for songs such as You Know How to Love Me. – Celebritist has learned all the details from I Love Old School Music. Earle Hyman is an American stage, television, and film actor who is best known for voicing the character of Panthro on Thundercats and playing Cliff’s father, Russel Huxtable on The Cosby Show.

And now it’s been revealed that the actor is the cousin of one of R&B’s most memorable singers from the 1980s, Phyllis Hyman.
They are second cousins and back then they kept that fact a secret although no one knows why but now that’s it out, it’s a fun fact that anyone who loves old school music will be able to appreciate. Some fans might remember how Russell used to quote Shakespeare on the show and it turns that the writers of The Cosby Show would include those quotes thinking about Earle because he was a big admirer of the Bard and performed in several theatrical plays.

‘Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls: who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.’

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At Celebritist, we think it’s wonderful to hear about famous people and their relatives and how Earle was able to live a life in the hood thanks to Shakespeare. What do you think about Earle Hyman and Phyllis Hyman being cousins?